In our last Sunday evening message titled, “Put Them In Remembrance”. If you heard it you would have heard how Peter himself knew the need to provide constant reminders for the saints (2 Peter 1:9-15).
In this lesson we are going to follow Paul’s advice to Timothy where Paul says, “If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed” (1 Tim. 4:6).
Most importantly, we must always be reminded that the preacher’s commission is not to find “new things” to preach on, rather he is to, “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching” (2 Tim. 4:2). There is good reason, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; ” (v.3).
There are three points I will bring to your attention, they are: (1) The Spirit’s Warning, (2) Our Conscience Can Be Seared, and (3) that Everything from God is Good.
As important today as in the first century. Paul said, “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,” (1 Tim. 4:1).